BASEBALL

Question 1

What is the golden sombrero?

Answer 1

Four or more strike outs in a game.

Question 2

Who won the 2018 World Series?

Answer 2

Boston over Dodgers

Question 3

Who won the 2017 World Series?

Answer 3

Houston over LA Dodgers

Question 4

What was the seemingly reckless decision the Cubs made to win the World Series?

Answer 4

2016 gave Gleyber Torres to Yankees for closer Aroldis Chapman, a potential free agent, for just Rhee months.

It paid off. The cubs got their first title since 1908.

Theo Epstein, GM. “If not now, when?”

Question 5

Who won the 2016 world series?

Answer 5

Cubs over Cleveland

Question 6

What figures are in the slash line?

Answer 6

Batting average
On base percentage
Slugging percentage

Question 7

When and what was the dead ball era?

Answer 7

From 1900 to 1919
When babe ruth hit 29 HRs
Small ball. Strategy. Stolen bases and hit and runs

Came to an end due to:

• free swinging batters
• changes to the ball
• changes to size of ballpark
• elimination of the foul strike rule
• elimination of spitball

Question 8

What is a change up?

Answer 8

Looks like a fastball but goes skower. Usually used later in the game.

Question 9

What is a non-tender offer?

Answer 9

When a club declines to make a contract offer to a player.

Often done so because the team predicts the player would get more in arbitration than the team wants to pay.

Question 10

What does batting average show?

Answer 10

the batting average (BA) is the number of hits divided by at bats.

Question 11

What is WHIP

Answer 11

Walks and hits per inning pitched

W + H / INNINGS PITCHED (including thirds/

Question 12

Who won 2019 World Series?

Answer 12

Washington Nationals over

Houston Astros

Question 13

What is slugging percentage?

Answer 13

Slugging percentage represents the total number of bases a player records per at-bat. Unlike on-base percentage, slugging percentage deals only with hits and does not include walks and hit-by-pitches in its equation.

Question 14

What is OBP?

Answer 14

On Base Percentage (aka OBP, On Base Average, OBA) is a measure of how often a batter reaches base. It is approximately equal to Times on Base/Plate appearances. The full formula is OBP = (Hits + Walks + Hit by Pitch) / (At Bats + Walks + Hit by Pitch + Sacrifice Flies).

Question 15

What is OPS?

Answer 15

OPS adds on-base percentage and slugging percentage to get one number that unites the two. It’s meant to combine how well a hitter can reach base, with how well he can hit for average and for power.

It can also be used in evaluating pitchers; when used in that context, it is referred to as OPS against.

Question 16

Brett phillips

Answer 16

Tampa bay rays outfielder
Known for his infectious laugh
Filled in as catcher. 07.02.2021
Known for his laugh and smile

Question 17

How do you record four strikeouts on an inning?

Answer 17

A batter with two strikes on him takes a swing at strike three; however, the catcher does not field the ball cleanly, and instead of tagging the runner out, the runner reaches. The strikeout is recorded, but not the out.

Question 18

What is “Dfa”?

Answer 18

A player who is designated for assignment is immediately removed from the team’s 40-man roster, after which the team must, within seven days of the date of designation,[a] return the player to the 40-man roster, place the player on waivers, trade the player, release the player, or outright the player from the 40-man roster into Minor League Baseball.[2]

Question 19

What is FIP?

Answer 19

Fielding independent pitching is similar to ERA, but it focuses solely on the events a pitcher has the most control over – strikeouts, unintentional walks, hit-by-pitches and home runs. It entirely removes results on balls hit into the field of play.

Question 20

Longest winning streak?

Answer 20

The 1916 New York Giants have the longest winning streak at 26 games. The longest winning streak consisting only of playoff games stands at 12 consecutive wins, by the 1927, 1928 and 1932 New York Yankees (who swept the World Series all three seasons) and tied by the 1998–99 Yankees.

Modern — cleveland in 2017 with 22

Question 21

Longest losing streak?

Answer 21

The 1889 Louisville Colonels hold the record for the longest losing streak in official MLB history at 26 games, though the 1875 Brooklyn Atlantics lost 31 consecutive games in the National Association, a number that is not considered official by MLB. In the modern two-league era, the longest losing streak belongs to the 1961 Philadelphia Phillies at 23 games. In the American League, the 1988 Baltimore Orioles hold the record at 21 games. T

Question 22

Most strike outs in a game?

Answer 22

The overall record for most strikeouts in a game is 21, by Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators against the Baltimore Orioles, over 16 innings on Sept. 12, 1962 (Washington won 2-1).

Question 23

Most foul tips?

Answer 23

On April 22, 2018, San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt had a 21-pitch at-bat in the first inning against Angels righty Jaime Barria, setting a big league record that dates back to 1988, the year accurate pitch counts began being recorded throughout baseball.

Question 24

What does it mean to get place a player on waivers?

Answer 24

Teams may claim any waived player during the first three days after being placed on waivers. If more than one team claims the player during the three-day window, the team with the lowest win percentage has first priority. Once a player is claimed, the player’s current team may either negotiate a trade, rescind the waiver, or do nothing and allow the claiming team to assume the player’s contract. Any player that remains unclaimed (or whose waiver offer is not rescinded) after three days, the player may be sent outright (“outrighted”) to a club’s minor league baseball affiliate or, if the player has already been outrighted to the minors once before in his career, granted unrestricted free agency to sign with any club.

Question 25

Biggest change in game in past 20 uears

Answer 25

High velocity relievers

David Cone quoting jim leyland

Question 26

What does it mean fo pull the ball?

Answer 26

In baseball, a pull hitter is a batter who usually hits the ball to the side of the field from which he bats. For example, a right-handed pull hitter, who bats from the left side of the plate, will usually hit the ball to the left side of the field, termed “left field”, from the batter’s perspective.

Question 27

Jave Baez

Answer 27

From Puerto Rico
Childhood friends w lindor
2nd base
Traded to mets july 2021 from Cubs

Question 28

Who holds record for consecutive hits?

Answer 28

Joe Dimaggio

May 15 - July 17 1941

56 games

Hit .408 during his streak (91-for-223), with 15 home runs and 55 runs batted in.

Question 29

What is the Mendoza line?

Answer 29

The “Mendoza Line” is a .200 batting average. The Mendoza Line was a term coined by a teammate of Mario Mendoza on the 1979 Mariners – usually credited to Tom Paciorek or Bruce Bochte – as a joke on the light-hitting shortstop, who typically carried an average around .200 (though he actually finished with a career mark of .215).

Question 30

What is an unearned run?

Answer 30

When batter reaches base due to an error and later scores

Question 31

Nolan arenado

Answer 31

/ˌærəˈnɑːdoʊ/; born April 16, 1991) is an American professional baseball third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). Arenado is considered one of the top third basemen in the league because he hits for power and average and has superb defensive skills; he is the only infielder to win the Rawlings Gold Glove Award in each of his first nine MLB seasons. He made his MLB debut with the Colorado Rockies in 2013 and was traded to the Cardinals before the 2021 season.

Question 32

Yadi Molina

Answer 32

Yadier Benjamín Molina (Spanish pronunciation: [ʝaˈdjeɾ moˈlina]; born July 13, 1982), nicknamed “Yadi”, is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB), with whom he has played his entire 19-year MLB career. Widely considered one of the greatest defensive catchers of all time for both his blocking ability and his caught stealing percentage, Molina has won nine Rawlings Gold Gloves and six Fielding Bible Awards.

Question 33

Jesse Winker

Answer 33

Mariners
Looks like a Seattle guy
Saw him 8.6.22 post game
Beard. “Good vibes only”